Title
Warehouse and office of a papermaker, 18th century
Creator
Luiken, Jan (auteur/author), Noorde Cornelis van (graveur/engraver), Bohn, C.H. (uitgever/publisher)
Year
1767
Type
illustratie, illustration
Measurements
8,5 x 7,5 cm
Related term
papierhandel, papierfabrikeurs, factors
Period
18e eeuw
Classification
B: Schriftdragers, inkt
Content
This print shows a warehouse and office of a papermaker, with the paper mill in the background to the right. A customer is holding the paper to the light to look at the watermark and to check the quality. Paper was traded by `factors': paper merchants. Their names and those of the papermaker were often shown in a watermark by initials.
Original
Luiken, Jan. - Het overvloeijend herte, of Nagelatene verzen van den Godvruchtigen Jan Luyken. - Haarlem: C.H. Bohn, 1767, p. 98
available in
Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 1350 C 94
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Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek
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Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek